Collar.



PATBNTB AUG. I27, 1907.' W. 0. PIERCE.

COLLAR.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN.16.1907.

1 UNITED STATES PAT'NT-"ionmon WILLIAM O. PIERCE,OF PLACERVILLE,GALIFRNIA.

To all whom 'it may conm.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM O. PIERCE, a citizen of the United States,residingat Placerville, in the county of Eldorado and State ofCalifornia, have invented ce1'- 5 tain new and useful Improvements inCollars; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art'to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

-This invention relates to improvements in the construction of collarsand particularly for the purpose of designing a collar which is novel inexterior appearance and also which iscapableof having attacheck thereto'-7.4 ties of special design.

" In carrying out the invention, l do not wish to restrict myself to theexact details illustrated and described, but for the purpose ofdisclosure I have shown in the accompanying drawings a practicalembodiment y A of the invention, in which like letters designate thesame parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a view in rearelevation with the collar E unfolded and one form of readily slippingtie attached i f thereto. lFig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1, butshowing ,the adaptation of collar for having another form of tie 5`attached thereto, and Fig. 3 is a view infront elevation of the collar,the position of the tabs or flaps forming a part of the invention, beingshown folded up between the collar proper and the turned down portion,as indicated by dotted lines.

0 1 designates the body portion of the collar proper, 2 a roll or turnedover portion thereon, and 3 wings, the collar being designed to have theeffect of both a turned down and wing collar combined, the turned downportion being designed to hide the attachment of tie to 5. collar.

The body portion 1 of the collar proper is provided .ewith the usual endand real button holes, but on its ower edge is also provided withsuitable tabs or flaps which may be formed integral and as acontinuation 0` of the lower edge of the collar. These tabs or flaps 4are "provided with the button holes 5 and 6 designed for 1 use with thedifferent forms ofties, as hereinafter described.

particular invention, for the purpose of setting forth the utility ofthe invention, a short description of the ties in their connection withthe collar follows. It is very desirable, both from the point of savingmaterial and also to enable the tie to slip readily through the collar,to provide an intermediate member between two end pieces of a tie, whichintermediate member has little friction and therefore slides readilyaround the collar. A In the construction illustrated in Fig. 1, 7designates the end members of the tie, and 8 an intermediate strip'Specification-of Letters Patent.

While the ties themselves do not form a part of this'A of non-extensiblebut flexible material, such as whale.

COLLAR.

Patented Aug. 27, 1907.

Application filed January 16, 1907. Serial No. 352,595.

bone or metal, which is provided at its ends with hook portions 9adapted to engage eyelets or loop members 10 on the ends oi the ties,and after being hooked to these eyelets or loop members, the ends of thehook members 9 are designed to be held locked to the eyelets l0 by meansof slides l1 mounted 011 the intermediate member 8 and adapted to slideover the ends of the hooks 9.

It will be seen, referring to Fig. l, that in the tie employed one ofthe hook members 9 may first be reeved through an eyelet 10 on one endmember, and the portion 8 then passed through the vertical button hole 6of one flap or tab e, thence through the vertical button hole 6 oftheother tab or flap and then secured by means l 'I of the hook 9 at theopposite end of the member 8 to the eyelet 10 on the other end Inemberof the tie. It will thus be seen that the vertical button hole 6 lyingon the inner edges of the tabs or flapsli will allow oi a longitudinalmovement of the intermediate member 8 around the collar, a considerableplay being allowed for.

In the construction shown in Fig. 2 where the intermediate member 8 ofthe tie is dispensed withfthe ends of the ties 71 are provided withspaced tabs 12, one tab of each pair of spaced tabs being adapted to bedisposed on opposite sides oi the ilaps or tabs 4 and secured thereto bymeans of a suitable button passing through button holes in the spacedtabs and the horizontal button holes 5 in the flaps, which holds the endof tie to a given point out of sight.

It will be noted that by aflixing the ends of the ties f for the collar,as is often the case with bow ties, if desirable, the spaced tabs Inaybe secured through the button holes G and thus the tie ends may beadjustable `to suit the collar.

In both of these con struct-ions, when the tie has been secured inposition on the flaps 4, these flaps are designed to be folded upwardlybetween the body portion l of the collar and the turned down portion 2,as

indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3 and used to support providedwith athreading pin 14 anda button hole 15 adapted to be secured to a suitablebutton 16 on the shirt. In securing this fastening means, the threadedtape 13 is first passed through a button hole in the shirt band, thencethrough the rear button hole of the collar,

and thence passed downwardly, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and secured bymeans of the button hole l5 to the button 16 on the shirt. i

I i 1 l Having thus described my invention, what I claim 1. A turneddown collarn provided on its lower edge with tabs adapted to be foldedbetween the turn down and body portion proper of the collar and heldtherebetween unsecured at their free ends, and means cooperating tosecure a tie to said tabs, comprising button holes formed in said tabs,substantiallwY as described.

2. A collar provided on its lower edge with integral folding tabsdisposed on opposite sides of the center of said collar and each of saidtabs being provided with a plurality of button holes, substantially asdescribed.

3. A turned down collar provided on its lower edge with integral tabsadapted to be folded between the body WILLIAM O. PIERCE.

ARTHUR J. KoLETzKE, J. F. LIMPINSEL.

